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Counter Arts

‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ Makes a Satire of Itself at the Adelphi Theatre

And I wish I could go back in time to before I bought the tickets

Dec 12, 2024

Cory English and Vasco Emauz in ‘Back to the Future: The Musical.’

Dec 12, 2024

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The Memoirist

That Time My Father Came Home with a Lion

And no one seemed to think it was a terrible, terrible idea

Dec 10, 2024

A female lion cub lies in the grass, with an unseen boy holding the leash behind her. Only his left foot is visible.

Dec 10, 2024

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Counter Arts

‘Viola’s Room’: Punchdrunk Theatre Draws Us into Daisy Johnson’s Dark Fairytale

A work of immersive theatre that takes you into the maze behind its protagonist’s walls

Nov 26, 2024

‘Viola’s Room’ 2024, Punchdrunk Theatre

Nov 26, 2024

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New Writers Welcome

What I Know After Reaching 500 Followers in Eight Months

Advice from a Medium writer who still knows absolutely nothing

Nov 17, 2024

A group of people on camels follow a man into the desert.

Nov 17, 2024

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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

Twenties Slang Is the Greatest of All Time — But Which Twenties?

Why your cat’s pyjamas are the OG

Nov 14, 2024

An AI-generated black cat, wearing blue patterned pyjamas and looking sleepy.

Nov 14, 2024

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Seroxcat’s Salon

The Cubic Christmas Lights of Carnaby Street

And the people who hate them

Nov 10, 2024

People gather for the lighting of the Carnaby Street Christmas illuminations, 2024.

Nov 10, 2024

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Japonica Publication

If People Wrote About Britain the Way They Write About Japan

Or, how to write about a place as if it’s strange and exotic

Nov 5, 2024

The River Thames, Tower Bridge and the Shard, as seen from London Bridge.

Nov 5, 2024

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Counter Arts

‘Waiting for Godot’: Beckett’s Blank Canvas at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Director James Macdonald strips away the details, letting the characters speak for themselves

Nov 2, 2024

Estragon and Vladimir look out at the audience in ‘Waiting for Godot,’

Nov 2, 2024

The Real ‘Curse of Oak Island’ Is the Show’s Terrible Producers

This trash-television could be telling a story, but the showrunners just aren’t interested

Nov 1, 2024

Rick Lagina gestures while explaining something, in The Curse of Oak Island.

Nov 1, 2024

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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

Why Authors Cross Out Their Names When Signing a Book

A brief history of the authorial strikethrough

Oct 27, 2024

An autograph with crossed-out printed name.

Oct 27, 2024

Owen Schaefer

Owen Schaefer

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Born in a hollow log and raised by wolves. Now writing about the arts, culture, travel and the world.

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